What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior CLO Operations Analyst position at Connect Search, LLC?
About the Firm:
A top-tier credit asset manager with significant scale
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a day-to-day contributor on internal warehouse and CLO processes, supporting senior team members across the deal life cycle
- Support the Structured Credit Investment team on initiatives including analysis for CLO reset/refi decision making, performance data on underlying investments, execution and workflow tracking, and CLO modeling/structuring requests from investment banks
- Run hypothetical trading scenarios and provide accurate, timely output to portfolio managers
- Assist with existing CLO allocation and cash management processes
- Support rating agency interactions and coordinate submission processes
- Build and maintain CLO waterfall models, run compliance tests, and assist with trustee investor reporting
- Prepare CLO-specific slides and marketing materials to support capital raise functions
- Coordinate with middle office, custodians, and counterparties on trade executions and settlements
- Work closely with internal and external parties to address day-to-day operational needs
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or similar field
- Relevant experience in CLO waterfall modeling, compliance test modeling, CLO indentures, and/or investment operations
- Working knowledge of corporate trust, CDOs, securitization, and investment instruments
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; familiarity with financial modeling a plus
- Experience with WSO, Sentry, ClearPar, or other Order Management Systems preferred
Logistics
• Chicago (Loop), hybrid 3 days in office
Target total compensation is $125-150k
Salary : $100,000 - $110,000